Blame Felines

May 24, 2003|Beth Doubleday Plantation

To my amazement, I opened the Local section on May 18 to discover that we have been transported back to the Dark Ages. Who or what is to blame for Florida's many environmental woes? Cats are, of course. Let's kill them all.

Has it really escaped the attention of the folks on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that there are other important factors here? Florida wildlife suffers, surely -- largely because of human encroachment.

The big industries pollute the state beyond recognition, the beaches are littered and eroded, and acres of concrete are poured all over this state every year.

However, humans spend money and vote; cats do neither -- so it is easier to blame the cats.